#17 and thanks for all your contributions to this forum!

Last I read ANACS slabs crypto tokens but no longer grades. So I guess there are 3 versions of the slabs. Gold background w/ grade, green background w/ grade, and now green background w/o grade?

Pre-fork #000001 to 030500
Post-fork #030501+

It looks like there were no bids before 23:59 Paris time on the 16th.

OP, take a look at the timestamps. I was the last bid before 23:59 Paris time.

0.54 BTC

FYI, picture links don't work. Also the asking price seems orders of magnitude above the market price today.

I think another factor that will be appreciated more in the future is the "clean" history of the loaded coins. They are either straight from the block rewards (BTCC) or loaded in 2013 or prior (Casascius).

thanks for reporting. and glad you avoided a disaster situation.

you would definitely maximize value in doing so but agreed, shame to break it up. unlikely anyone will be able to complete the set who hasn't already.

This is truly an amazing set. I didn't even realize the 500's came in rolls...

Brass ungraded will sell for 1.05 to 1.1 BTC depending on the condition and series. Auction is best if you want to guarantee a sale.

ooo. do you have a min you are looking for? haven't seen many BTCC's on the market lately.

I'll echo LC's comments about non-binding not being useful. If participants don't have skin in the game, the results won't be tied to reality. Look at how people treat free bets or play tokens vs. real money in gambling apps.

From what I've seen tarnish has very little impact on price, though it's off a small sample set as not many seem to come up. I've only seen tarnish on raw sales. Curious if that would hold for graded/slabbed coins w/ tarnish as well.

you forgot to include all your charizards!

you have little to no protections as an ebay seller. i would not recommend it. if the buyer charges it back you will likely be out at least the sale price and they could try shenanigans like peeling the and returning the redeemed coin. neither paypal/ebay/credit card support would prob know enough to step in and resolve it correctly. yes, you can get a higher price on ebay vs. here but that is due to the significantly higher risk profile imo. not worth the possibility you can lose 99.9% and only get back a redeemed coin.

i think having legit competition keeps both sides honest, like PSA vs. BGS in the trading card space. i've used ANACS before (back when they had the yellow slabs) and it was straightforward and painless. personally i do like the anacs slab aesthetic more than ICG's which to me looks warped.

either way, i would not send anything via mail right now due to the value at stake and shipping delays. it sounds like anonymousminer has a good hookup for IGC. i plan to reach out to him and try out ICG when i get comfortable grading coins again.

Truly a Black Friday sale Glad to hear it. No plans to discontinue the promotion for now. If and when we do, we'll try and give at least a few weeks notice before it ends to give people plenty of time to stack cheap sats.

because both the ebay auction and the BCT auction will have a winner and you will not be able to satisfy your obligations to both as you only have one coin to sell.